diff --git a/scene/gui/tree.cpp b/scene/gui/tree.cpp
index a00a7212989..3dbd8341770 100644
--- a/scene/gui/tree.cpp
+++ b/scene/gui/tree.cpp
@@ -3191,6 +3191,9 @@ void Tree::item_selected(int p_column, TreeItem *p_item) {
 		//emit_signal("multi_selected",p_item,p_column,true); - NO this is for TreeItem::select
 
 		selected_col = p_column;
+		if (!selected_item) {
+			selected_item = p_item;
+		}
 	} else {
 
 		select_single_item(p_item, root, p_column);